The logo of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project is seen on a pipe at the Chelyabinsk pipe rolling plant in Chelyabinsk, Russia, February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo/File Photo Germany said Ukraine should remain a transit country for Russian gas, the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper reported, after President Vladimir Putin said it would depend on the former Soviet republic showing “goodwill” towards Moscow. Putin said on Friday that Ukraine’s role as a transit country was not assured once the Nord Stream 2 pipeline linking Russia and Germany was complete. read more Germany, which has backed the pipeline in the face of fierce opposition from the United States and many European countries who say it deprives Ukraine of crucial leverage over its eastern neighbour, has always insisted it must remain a transit country. “For the German government it remains central that Ukraine should remain a transit country even after […]